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The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: abbaye de Fontevraud) was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French Duchy of Anjou. It was founded in 1101 by the itinerant preacher Robert of Arbrissel.
La Real Abadía de Nuestra Señora de Fontevraud, más conocida como abadía de Fontevrault, fue un monasterio ubicado en Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, cerca de Chinon, en Anjou, Francia. La creación y fundación de la abadía se debió al predicador itinerante Robert de Arbrissel en 1101, cuyo crecimiento hizo que se estableciera la nueva ...
Fontevraud-l'Abbaye (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃təvʁo labei] ⓘ) is a commune in the western French department of Maine-et-Loire. It is situated both in the Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site between Chalonnes-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire, and the Loire Anjou Touraine French regional natural park.
In the village of Fontevraud L'Abbaye, within the Loire Valley, you'll find what is the largest collection of monastic buildings in all of France - almost a village in itself ! Founded in the early 12th century the abbey is set within a perimeter wall which was unfortunately not secure enough to withstand desecration by the Huguenots in the ...
This category is intended to list persons buried in Fontevraud Abbey. Pages in category "Burials at Fontevraud Abbey" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Geografía. La localidad, antiguamente llamada Fontevrault-l'Abbaye o Fontevrault, está formada sobre todo por un burgo en torno a la abadía de Fontevraud, uno de los edificios abaciales más grandes de Europa, geográficamente situada en el cruce de los departamentos administrativos de Maine y Loira, Indre y Loira y Vienne .
After a time in Anjou, Matilda, who had remained a virgin, took the advice of Geoffrey, Bishop of Chartres, and took her vows as a nun at Fontevrault Abbey. This happened in 1128, when she was seventeen years old. She became the abbess of that abbey in 1150, and died in 1154.
